Just to clarify something, John McCain DOES dupport the troops. Obama does NOT. The following was copied from the Washington Post web site. It talks ablout the funding for the troops bill. McCain Voted for it! Obama voted against it, as did Clinton.

5/24/07 Vote 181: On the Motion: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on ... more >

Just to clarify something, John McCain DOES dupport the troops. Obama does NOT. The following was copied from the Washington Post web site. It talks ablout the funding for the troops bill. McCain Voted for it! Obama voted against it, as did Clinton.

5/24/07 Vote 181: On the Motion: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on May 24. The bill primarily focuses on funding for the Iraq war but also addresses other unrelated topics.
A previous war funding bill was vetoed by the president because it included troop withdrawal deadlines, which were largely supported by anti-war Democrats.

Ten Democrats opposed this new bill with no withdrawal deadlines, while 37 supported its passage. Congress had to act to replace war funding that would have ended May 28.

According to the Washington Post, this bill includes 18 “benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving reconstruction aid.” One hundred billion dollars in funding is slated to support continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill says that the President and Congress must not take any action that will endanger the troops and that they provide any funds necessary for training, equipment and other types of support to ensure their safety and the effectiveness of their missions. The president is required to give a first report on the Iraqis’ progress in meeting the benchmarks to Congress on July 15.

Seventeen billion dollars in the package is for domestic spending. Out of this funding, $6.4 billion is for Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts, $3 billion in emergency aid for farmers, $1 billion to upgrade port and mass transit security, $3 billion towards converting closing U.S. military bases to other uses, and $650 million to increase funding for children’s health care. A Congressional Research Service summary states that the “other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities, and pandemic flu protection.”

Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hilary Clinton (N.Y.) were among the 14 who opposed the bill.

http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list is their 2006 list. Obama gets a high rating because he had not voted on much yet. What he did vote on dropped him to a B+
As for the DAV, The site you listed is for House of representatives, not Senate. Obama voted 17 times with DAV, 1 against and 1 not scored. McCain voted 11 times with DAV, 16 against and 5 not scored.... more >

http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list is their 2006 list. Obama gets a high rating because he had not voted on much yet. What he did vote on dropped him to a B+
As for the DAV, The site you listed is for House of representatives, not Senate. Obama voted 17 times with DAV, 1 against and 1 not scored. McCain voted 11 times with DAV, 16 against and 5 not scored. McCain and Obama were only 5 different in their votes for the DAV. And McCain had twice as many votes to tally. Both IAVA and DAV are liberal groups as is the Washington Post. They all want their way. I could probably find dozens of conservative sites that say Obama would get a D while McCain would get a B+. “The American Conservative Union, a right-of-center group that issues a report card on the voting records of members of Congress, gives Obama an 8 out of 100 lifetime rating.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16640635/

You have to take into consideration the source. Obama had the most liberal voting record in the Senate in 2007 He actually made Ted Kennedy look conservative.

For an impartial look at the candidates, check oout:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Barack_Obama.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/John_McCain.htm

An interesting quiz is given by SpeakOut.com. You pick how you feel on 20 topics and they show how your answers compare with the canidates. It may surprise you. http://www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008

OnTheIssues and SpeakOut are two of the very few sites that do not seem to slant their views. They are sites I would trust to give straight answers more than MoveOn.org or Rush Limbaugh.com. Check them out.

And I have not made up my mind yet. But I am not just voting for Obama because the Obama girl is in love with him. And I am not voting for McCain just because Rush Limbaugh says I should. I am going to try to find impartial sources and decide that way. So far the media has decided the election for us. They pushed Obama over the more qualified and experienced... more >

And I have not made up my mind yet. But I am not just voting for Obama because the Obama girl is in love with him. And I am not voting for McCain just because Rush Limbaugh says I should. I am going to try to find impartial sources and decide that way. So far the media has decided the election for us. They pushed Obama over the more qualified and experienced Clinton. And they pushed McCain over the better qualified Ron Paul of Fred Thompson.

Please educate yourself from other than Obama sites or McCain sites.